Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including why companies need to be “mission-driven.”
Quote of the Day
"Don't play hurt."
(Brad Feld)
VC
- Lightspeed is cashing in on the Snap ($SNAP) IPO. (mobile.reuters.com)
- CircleUp is using an algorithm to pick new consumer product startups. (fortune.com)
- Harry Stebbing talks with Roger Ehrenberg of IA Ventures. (thetwentyminutevc.com)
Companies
- A taxonomy of the emerging Fintech platform companies. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Smart Vision Labs wants to fully automate the eye exam process. (businessinsider.com)
- Can you build a business on the back of Facebook ($FB) Live? (forbes.com)
Startups
- How to get HR right. (avc.com)
- Raising money isn't success. (blog.ycombinator.com)
- On the importance of 'clean' term sheets at the seed level. (pointsandfigures.com)
- Three hires that startups wait too long to make. (medium.com)
- Fast Internet is not enough to create a startup hub. (bloomberg.com)
- A profile of Jerry Colonna the most in-demand founder coach. (backchannel.com)
